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safety. * A gored skirt, the specialists suggest, may be cut wide enough around the bottom to allow for walking, or running when necessary, also for climbing and stooping. Yet it is fitted about the hips so that it stays in place , and does no get in the way. In contrast, a full skirt like a dirndl has a way of billowing out when you bend over so that it may be stepped on in'going down a ladder to wash windows, or in stooping to low shelves. A tight skirt which is close around the bottom restricts steps, may catch and pull uncomfortably • and unsafely, often just whe.i the wearer is in a hurry. Sashes, bows, flaps and fancy loose pockets are accident hazards because they may catch on door knobs, for example, or be slammed in doors. FARM AND CITY LIVING a The level of living of Ameri- | can farm families has riseii’ con- \ siderably in recent years but still \ is below that of city families as a whole, says T. Wilson Longtnorc of the Bureau of Agriculture . Economics,’ U.9. Department of Agriculture. Farm families have less cash to spend than city families, less adequate medical care, .fewer household comforts and conveniences, and less educational opportunities for their children. If homes are rated by 3uch facilities as running water, electric lights, bathrooms, modern installed cooking arrangements,' Mr. Longmore etstimates that farm homes rate only 30 per cent of the national average compared to 115 percent of city and suburban homes. Significant is the lack of such essential home conveniences as running water. At least two-thirds of American farm homes were still withopt running water at the most recent count. Physicians, dentists and hospitals tend to concentrate in cities. The farther a family lives from the city, the less it shares of these health facilities. For each 100,000 people in most rural counties in 1946, there were only 29' physicians, 8 dentists and 20 hos•pital beds. In contrast, most urban counties had 12*0 physicians, 64 dentists and 396 hospital bdUs for each 100,000 people. As for education, in most rural counties only 8 per cent of the people of 25 years or older hare completed high school compared to 27 per cent in' most urban 'counties. A much larger share of the moqtey ‘spenft on education goes to the city or suburban pupil •©•eir-jmprt tomtit ’ areas is estimated at 82 per cent of the national average compared to 116 per cent for pupils living - ,in or close to cities.